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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. From whose point of view does the passage in "Blood-Remembering" come?

2. How much earlier than his death did Rilke pen his epitaph?

3. Rilke writes in "The Dragon-Princess," He would think himself falling or hurled _________, or exploded into a thousand pieces."

4. Speaking of solitude, Rilke writes, "We are solitary. We may _____ ourselves and act as though this were not so."

5. What author does Rilke refer to in "The Dragon-Princess"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is sacred to Mood regarding Rilke's writing? How does he express this in regarding his grave?

2. What does Mood believe Rilke associated between life and death?

3. What does Mood discuss in the introduction to "The Dragon-Princess"?

4. What does Rilke remark in "Blood-Remembering" of the memories themselves?

5. What does Rilke remark of childhood memories in "Blood-Remembering"?

6. What is remarkable about Rilke's vision in "The Dragon-Princess"?

7. What word does Mood focus on regarding Rilke's writing of "The Dragon-Princess"?

8. What does Mood say of Orpheus in his interpretation of "The Difficulty of Dying"?

9. What does Rilke speak of initially regarding solitude in "The Dragon-Princess"?

10. What does Mood preface "Blood-Remembering" with, in discussing the poet?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss "Magic" and "Force of Gravity" in terms of subject, theme, symbolism, imagery, and structure.

Essay Topic 2

In Rilke's letters, what does he say regarding the institution of marriage? What mistakes do people make in marrying? How does he suggest one avoid these pitfalls?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the poems "Woman's Lament I" and "Woman's Lament II." What structural differences are there in these poems? What similarities in regard to subject and theme?

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